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The Taxi Link returns to the air

Posted on April 16, 2013 by admin

Listen to The Taxi Link here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Taxi Link – which is sponsored by The Small Business Association of DC Taxicab Drivers (SBA) and hosted by TheFightBack’s Pete Tucker and D.C. advisory neighborhood … Continue reading →

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A discussion on censorship in the age of the Internet and a debate net neutrality

Posted on March 24, 2013 by admin

(Video at bottom) Last week, noted First Amendment attorney Robert Corn-Revere gave a talk on censorship in the age of the Internet. Directly following the talk at Reason magazine’s D.C. office, TheFightBack’s Pete Tucker joined Corn-Revere for a wide-ranging discussion on threats … Continue reading →

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Obama and Romney agree, tonight’s debate will be a town hall in name only

Posted on October 16, 2012 by admin

Our presidential debates are brought to you by Bud Light.  – George Farah, executive director of Open Debates “If any audience member poses a question or makes a statement that is in any material way different than the question that … Continue reading →

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Pastor teams up with Occupy activists to save home

Posted on October 2, 2012 by admin

Listen to Rev. Vanzant [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “This is the next phase of the Occupy movement,” said Mike Haack, an activist with Occupy Our Homes, an off-shoot of Occupy DC which works to prevent evictions. … Continue reading →

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Uber right-wing

Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 Testifying last week before the D.C. Council, 35-year-old Uber CEO Travis Kalanick routinely interrupted councilmembers and espoused a right-wing ideology. Uber is not so much a luxury sedan service as a … Continue reading →

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Mayor Gray pitches for ‘PFW

Posted on September 27, 2012 by admin

“One of the important and unique things about ‘PFW is that it’s commercial free,” D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said over the airwaves of Pacifica Radio’s WPFW 89.3 FM during the station’s summer pledge drive in August. “There’s no appearance of … Continue reading →

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Uber showdown Monday at the Council

Posted on September 23, 2012 by admin

Listen to Sept. 22 edition of The Taxi Link on WUST 1120 AM [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “Uber is having it both ways: they’re operating as a taxi, they’re operating as a limousine service, and … Continue reading →

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Taken for a ride: press coverage of D.C.’s taxi industry is unfair to public and drivers

Posted on September 16, 2012 by admin

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to Sept. 15 show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “You have one media person interviewing another media person who shares the same biased opinion.” – Tony … Continue reading →

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Is The Informer being blacklisted because of its black readership?

Posted on September 12, 2012 by admin

(Cross posted at The Washington Informer and The Urban Revival.) The Washington Informer has a mostly black readership and that appears to be why it was denied a District government contract which instead was awarded to The Washington Times, a … Continue reading →

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Is classism behind D.C.’s push to regulate taxis, not Uber?

Posted on September 9, 2012 by admin

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to the Sept. 8 show here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download mp3 “Uber is a classic example of… class economic warfare,” said Tony Norman, a D.C. ANC commissioner … Continue reading →

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